“SrIranga-mangaLa-nidhim karuNAnivAsam SrIvenkaTAdri-SikharAlaya-kAlamegham | SrIhastiSaila-Sikharojjvala-pArijAtam SrISam-namAmi SirasA yaduSaila-dIpam || It is an observable fact of history that at three of the above four great capital temple-towns of Sri Vaishnavas the above shloka names — viz. Tirumala, Sri Rangam and Melkote –Sri Ramanujacharya, personally undertook the responsibility for reforming the then prevailing and later institutionalizing aContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 13″
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The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 12
The second of the major dissonances amongst the Tenkalai and Vadakalai versions of the history of the Kanchi Sri Varadaraja Perumal temple is related to “POWER AND LEGITIMACY” and how each sect reacts to both. It is going to need explication at quite some length because it is perhaps the chief reason why the manyContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 12″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 11
The major dissonances amongst the Tenkalai and Vadakalai versions of the history of the Kanchi Sri Varadaraja Perumal temple are three in number: A. Historicity or timeline B. Power and Legitimacy: C. Language as a cultural badge …. or baggage. *********************************** HISTORICITY: There is a significant difference in the way the Tenkalai and Vadakalai viewContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 11″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 9
When one reads both the narratives of the Tenkalai and Vadakalai sects in the way I have tried to recapitulate them in the last two Parts (7 and 8) — with focus on bland, simple and matter-of-fact content sifted away as much as possible from otherwise rather distracting hagiographical excess and effusion — it isContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 9″